Pete Hegseth’s Plan for ‘High T’ Troops Is a Junk Science Fever Dream
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has made no secret of his desire for a manlier military.
He consistently argues that the US Armed Forces lowered their combat standards in order to include women. He’s staged various photo ops in which he exercises and pumps iron with service members. In his speeches, Hegseth says that the Trump administration is restoring a “warrior ethos” to its legions of “warfighters.”
Now he has a rather dubious plan to guarantee that the troops are as macho as possible: testosterone screenings and, in cases where an individual’s testosterone is judged to be deficient, voluntary hormone therapy.
“Under the supervision of our world-class medical professionals, warfighters aged 30 and older are going to be tested annually as part of their periodic health assessment,” Hegseth said in a short videoposted to his official X account on Wednesday. Those younger than 30 will be...
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